MANILA, Philippines—A delegation of Vatican officials is arriving in September to inspect the venue in Cebu for the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) in 2016, which Church officials hope would be attended by no less than Pope Francis. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said a 15-man Vatican delegation led by Archbishop Piero Marini, president of the Pontifical Committee on the IEC, was scheduled to arrive in Cebu City on Sept. 5, according to a report on the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines news website. Palma said Marini, who used to be seen frequently at the side of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI when he served as the master of...
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